Lot 86

Delhi Sultan, Khaljis, Rukn al-Din Ibrahim (AH 695, 1296 AD), Silver Tanka, 10.67 gms, 28.12 mm, Hadrat Dehli Mint (mostly visible at 7 o'clock in margin on rev), AH 695 in words as Duriba hadha al-fidda (Silver) be hadhrat dehli (mint name) fi sanat (the date) 'khamsa wa tas’een wa Sittamiat', meaning Struck this (piece of) silver at the capital city of Dehli in the year five and ninety and six hundred, Obv: Arabic legend al-Sultan al a'zam rukn al dunya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar Ibrahim shah al sultan bin, Rev: Arabic legend al sultan al a'zam Jalal al-dunya wa'l din Firuzshah Nasir amir al mu'minin, G&G # D211, extremely fine, extremely rare.